Word: rhetoricize
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These prizes are awarded to Seniors and Juniors in Harvard College at public competition on the second Thursday in May. The selections must be from English, Greek or Latin authors; the proportion in English to be at least two out of three, and they must be approved by the Boylston...
At a meeting of the Board of Overseers yesterday, Professor Le Baron Russell Briggs, LL.D., '75, was elected Boylston Professor rhetoric and oratory, in place of Professor Adams Sherman Hill, LL.D., '53, who resigned last year.
Professor Hill was elected Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory emeritus.
After leaving College, Professor Hill graduated from the Law School in 1855, and the same year was admitted to the New York bar. From 1856 to 1870 he was engaged in journalism. In 1872 he was chosen assistant professor of rhetoric, and in 1876 was appointed Boylston professor of rhetoric...
Professor Hill is the author of "Our English," "The Principles of Rhetoric," "The Foundations of Rhetoric,"' and "The Beginnings of Rhetoric and Composition."